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US 6,354,568 B1Granted
Sliding plate valve
AssigneesBG plc, BG Intellectual Property Limited
InventorAlec Carruthers
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Abstract
A plate valve which includes two sliding plates and which carries seal portions with an elongated slot. A valve body of the plate valve includes a second elongated slot with further seal portions extending from a valve aperture. A cable of different diameters can be accommodated and sealed by the cooperating resilient seal portions.
Claims9
A plate valve having a bore for passage of a fluid;
- a sliding plate for closing the bore,
- a first recessed seal portion on the valve body extending away from the bore to a position located outside the bore and
- a second recessed seal portion on the sliding plate adapted to cooperate with a cable to effect a seal with the cable and the first seal portion on closure of the plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.